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单词 busywork
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Definition of busywork in English:

busywork

noun ˈbɪzɪwəːkˈbɪziˌwərk
mass nounNorth American
  • Work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself.

    〈主北美〉累人而无价值的工作

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stoll writes by telling stories, creating visions of creative, messy, hands-on education being displaced by sterile virtual busywork.
    • Leave the group writing to the management consulting firms with armies of newly minted Harvard-educated graduates who need to do a ton of busywork so that they can justify their huge fees.
    • But while I was working on some random busywork that my awful Algebra teacher had assigned, he tapped my shoulder. ‘Umm… could you tell me where this room is?’
    • Again, I think a certain amount of work is good for you: it gives you the discipline to do all that busywork that being creative involves.
    • Why do teachers insist on assigning pointless busywork during a break?
    • The provision of aid became an excuse for doing nothing, a kind of busywork that governments undertook so they could avoid decisive political and military action.
    • And who wants to do all that busywork copying those down?
    • Sometimes, maybe most of the time, they seem like busywork.
    • Then again, to be fair, the American Senate has always been made up of such busywork of the ambitious on their way onto the pages of history.
    • All too often, we get lost in busywork simply because it's easier.
    • If a person overcome with emotion is not essential to the task at hand, sometimes the best solution is to give him some busywork to focus on.
    • Also contributing to this busywork is the fact that the relative priority of the shortfalls changes as well.
    • A consent decree's busywork would only drain resources away from his effort to tighten management controls.
    • They will do better at them and not resent you for filling their lives with meaningless busywork.
    • Even after completing this process, reps still faced everyday busywork that hampered productivity and got in the way of sales.
    • Clients who do already watch movies will interpret film assignments as busywork and will not comply with the assignment.
    • Burying yourself in busywork is an effective way to avoid more important - and more challenging - tasks.
    • In terms of volunteering, the majority of opportunities currently available to seniors consist mostly of busywork - envelope-stuffing and pushing hospital carts - says Freedman.
    • All went smoothly as I enrolled in my new school and managed to survive another grueling semester of busywork and tests.
    • All this is busywork that keeps us from our goal.

Definition of busywork in US English:

busywork

nounˈbɪziˌwərkˈbizēˌwərk
North American
  • Work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself.

    〈主北美〉累人而无价值的工作

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In terms of volunteering, the majority of opportunities currently available to seniors consist mostly of busywork - envelope-stuffing and pushing hospital carts - says Freedman.
    • Why do teachers insist on assigning pointless busywork during a break?
    • All this is busywork that keeps us from our goal.
    • Clients who do already watch movies will interpret film assignments as busywork and will not comply with the assignment.
    • Burying yourself in busywork is an effective way to avoid more important - and more challenging - tasks.
    • Stoll writes by telling stories, creating visions of creative, messy, hands-on education being displaced by sterile virtual busywork.
    • A consent decree's busywork would only drain resources away from his effort to tighten management controls.
    • Then again, to be fair, the American Senate has always been made up of such busywork of the ambitious on their way onto the pages of history.
    • Again, I think a certain amount of work is good for you: it gives you the discipline to do all that busywork that being creative involves.
    • But while I was working on some random busywork that my awful Algebra teacher had assigned, he tapped my shoulder. ‘Umm… could you tell me where this room is?’
    • Sometimes, maybe most of the time, they seem like busywork.
    • They will do better at them and not resent you for filling their lives with meaningless busywork.
    • The provision of aid became an excuse for doing nothing, a kind of busywork that governments undertook so they could avoid decisive political and military action.
    • All went smoothly as I enrolled in my new school and managed to survive another grueling semester of busywork and tests.
    • And who wants to do all that busywork copying those down?
    • All too often, we get lost in busywork simply because it's easier.
    • Also contributing to this busywork is the fact that the relative priority of the shortfalls changes as well.
    • Leave the group writing to the management consulting firms with armies of newly minted Harvard-educated graduates who need to do a ton of busywork so that they can justify their huge fees.
    • If a person overcome with emotion is not essential to the task at hand, sometimes the best solution is to give him some busywork to focus on.
    • Even after completing this process, reps still faced everyday busywork that hampered productivity and got in the way of sales.
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